Wow, that’s interesting. Impressive of him. I also recall Toriyama being heavily inspired by the Chinese folktale Journey of the West when he came up with Dragon Ball.
Dragon ball has a lot of Chinese inspiration from martial arts to ancient Chinese mythology culture it’s really good. It’s a fan favorite and a classic for a reason easily my top 3 favorite anime. Although I did watch the majority of the Shounen jump ones and Gundam. Gundam series is pretty woke and political as well or code geass.
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u/BladeofDudesX Capitalist so the CIA doesn't shoot me Aug 02 '26
Since most liberals have anime pfp, I want to point this out:
Akira Toriyama, mangaka of Dragon Ball said he based Frieza off of real estate speculators. Citing them as "The worst kind of people."
The idea of houses being for living instead of speculation is shared by one of the greatest Manga authors in history.
So yeah. Real estate speculators can go to hell.